2026 marks the 9th Annual Comedy Mob Festival 🎉

The Comedy Mob Festival is a New York-based stand-up comedy festival built to spotlight the city’s hardest-working comics. The winner will be passed at Rodney’s Comedy Club, receive $1,000, and become a Mob Regular on our shows and mics.

The festival runs in three rounds:

• Preliminaries → 3 comics advance from each show

• Semifinals → 6 comics advance to the Finals from each show

• Finals → 1 grand prize winner

Winners are chosen each round by a panel of industry judges plus audience vote.

What makes the Comedy Mob Festival different?
You’re competing for real opportunities, not just prize money—and the festival is free to enter.

Sign-ups are open now through August 5 at 5 PM EST.

Video submissions need to be at least 5 minutes long. We recommend doing the Mob Showcase first so we can see you perform live as well. That will be taken into strong consideration.